Loulan: A Thousand Years of Legend and a Thousand Years of Mystery

Author: Mu Shunying / Liang Yue (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Over a hundred years ago, the discovery of the Loulan city shocked the academic world. The discovery of Loulan city was hailed as a of the "Pompeii of the Desert." The "Loulan Beauty" captivated countless people with her delicate features and mysterious expression, stirring in people an endless fascination with the distant and magical Kingdom of Loulan. The abandonment of the ancient Loulan city may have occurred in the mid-4th century. What happened at that time to force the "people to leave the borders"? This book, through the analysis of a large number of precious materials from the Loulan site, clearly presents the ethnic groups, culture, history, ancient scripts, urban architecture, and burials to the readers. Not only does this book record the discovery process of the Loulan civilization in an illustrated manner, but it also integrates the latest research achievements over the past hundred years. The accounts of the Loulan expedition from 1979 to 1980, particularly, are especially valuable.